Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-14
4 FASHION WRITER.
THE STORY TOLD BY A PRE-EM-
INENTLY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN.

THE STORY TOLD BY A PRE-EM-
INENTLY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN.
4 Rigid Discipiinarian in the Command
ginning Of Business Career-Hages
of Writer'S
am blessed with the acquaintance Of a
woman who makes q better income than
/ hundreds Of lawyers, doctors or business men,
and simply by scratching her clever pen She
( = pre-enincntiy a successful woman. Young,
| interesting. bright as q gold coin fresh from
/ the die. with a face no man viii ever forget
! # he talks to her ten minutes, and with all
/ her trIumphs still preserving that intangible
! touch Of fenlninity without which wonlGn-
/ hood has no charm. Men whose names are
/ familiar Is writers speak OF her Is one Of
! themselves. She IS = bonnie calnarade with
/ out the faint OF boheniaIism- She neither
| cuts her brown hair short nor her gowns
/ Scant. She IS q woman OF society, whose &C
| qIaintance Is q favor to the man upon whom
She Destows It. There IS not the faintest sug-
! gestion Of the blue stocking either in her man
| uer, dress or conversation. Purely, sweetly,
| completely, she is a woman, with all the
| tenderness, the helplessness the willfulness of
womanhoOd. Yet when business claims her
attention there is no more rigid scipinarian
| than this woman in the command Of her own
| forces of mind, and brain, and character. She
| IS a woman who writes, whom everybody
| reads, and who does her work well and con-
! scientioEsly.
EARNING \ LIVING.
| She received her visitor in an apartment
which appeared 10 hesitate IN deciding
whether 70 become q boadoir or q reception
room. ! slender, graceful, girlish figure,
great eyes that fastan you with their inten-
! SHY. 6 pure complexion white with a stu
| dents pal.or, oni the smallest OF kid boots
| peeping from under the hem Of a tailor made
gown. The charm was in listening to her,
for there was music ! the cadences Of her
voice.
VIII tell how I began to writel With
pleasure
w heu."
Just six years ago, without any previous
training or experience, I suddenly found that
| would have TO earn my living, and | deter
mined to make every effort TO succeed.
had 10 recommendations or introductions,
but I vent TO the head Of large publishing
establishment, and applied for something 10
10. | was asked all sorts of questions
Could I write anything: And as it was the
only specimen Of my com position available,
I produced 4 letter | had written. l. was de-
cide;l TO give me an opportunity, ard then
the question OF salary was discussed It was
settled that I was to get SO a week. lily
hours We're to be from 2. N. TO ) .. m, and
/ had one hour for luncheon.
The first few days | spent looking around,
observing the other people ct work and read
ing back numbers Of the magazine published
by the concern At the end Of that time
wrote an article on the very womanly sub
ject OF Fans Other work came into my
hands, and although when began scarcely
/ knew cashmere from camel's hair, deter
mined to learn the trade thoroughly. and to-
day know from the most practical proofs
that l am rated as one Of the best fashion
writer's in New York Before my first year
was up l was earning so a week, and had
been shown, by their thoughttulnes5 for my
comfort. that the firm for whom | worked
fully appreciated nay endeavors.
KEEPING BUSINESS HOURS.
Until 4 change was made in my hours, so
that l might do great deal Of my work at
home, | never failed to be at my desk at 5 4.
IN, and 70 this positive adherence 70 work, a
q rule against which many women complain,
and to the fact that I never broke an appoint
uent credit my reputation as good bust
ness woman. Then, too l never forgot | was
4 woman, and for that reason men were
always courteous TO NE. I simply did my
work in the best way possible, spoke in the
frankeSt way. and made it an absolute rule
not to let social and business affairs utter
miugle. l have no home, but the imperso1-
atty Of my pen to-day pays me regularly SO
2 week which sum- By a couple of poems, has
often reached 800. / gave TO wares away:
If they are not worth buying they lad best
be destroyed Whey giving IS concerned, 1
prefer giving my money 70 giving my works. -
Is the social standing Of women affected
By her being IN businessf'
Positively no, If their friends are among a
good class OF people and the offensive talk Of
shop Is dropped after business hours ! man
does not entertain the woman he takes into
dinner or with whom IL dances the cotIlio1
with history CT his working hours or the
rise n the price Of leather. and there Is 10
reason WIZ woman should not copy her
sIperiorS IL this respect. What are the best
Inns for 4 woman entering literary life TO
parsueT
Among tie women Who write those who
are making the most money, which Is, after
all, the basis OF Success II the business world,
are the women who write upon fashion. house.
hold matters Of stories for children, all sub
iacts ernine,tlv adapted for the female brain,
which, while 1t may be quicker, certainly
does rot possess the reasoning faculty Of a
man I know two women who write who get
so week. and smother who gets SIS week,
and their work i not hard
Zulus in Central Africa
Tben the missionaries began their work on
the shores q Lake Nyassa. 90 miles from
Zuluia-,d. they were slIrVr5ssi % i;rd great
tribe on the -xeS. side All around the north
ern end OF the lake who wore ire dress and
used the weapons II the Zulus- They spoke
q dialec. Of the Zulu language, ard some Of
their children after attending school could
understand many things which they read II
Zulu books. This tribe. in fact, ara Zulus.
wEo very long ago are supposed 70 hare
crossed the mountains q south Africa and
made new homes Esar the central African
lake
another still greater tribe, the 4atebelss,
who live south Of The ZaInbesi, ara also emf
grants from Zululaud. and since England
broke Cetywayo's power they have been far
stronger than their kinsfolk. from whom they
went forth early in ahls c<atUry The Zalzs,
therefore, can oe cited Is conspicuous e1-
ample o, those African tribes who have
shown themselves CAPABLE @. sending cut
strong bodies CT cosoaists % drive away CT
esislaye other t-ib-s, and permanently oocuuy
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